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Michael Bernstein

Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (AI) Social Computing Interactive Technology Design Societal Impact Of AI
Stanford University Computer Science

About

Michael Bernstein is a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where he is a Bass University Fellow and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. A nationally bestselling author, Michael focuses on designing social, societal, and interactive technologies. This research has been reported in venues such as The New York Times, TED AI, and MIT Technology Review, and Michael himself has been recognized with an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and the Computer History Museum's Tech for Humanity Prize. Michael holds a bachelor's degree in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University, as well as a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT.

Research Performance Summary

270
Total Papers
100804
Total Citations
80
H-Index
1993-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS

Year: 1993

Citations: 0

Venue: IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY MAGAZINE 12 (2)

Latest Recorded Paper

People Can Accurately Predict Behavior of Complex Algorithms That Are Available, Compact, and Aligned

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.18966

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
1
2025
20
2024
18
2023
13
2022
16
2021
15
2020
6
2019
13
2018
9
2017
20
2016
18

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 147
Journal 20
Book 9

Top Coauthors

Bernstein Krishna

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 21
Citations 217
Avg. Citations / Paper 10.3
H-Index 8

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 68
Citations 17366
Avg. Citations / Paper 255.4
H-Index 30

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 84
Citations 72883
Avg. Citations / Paper 867.7
H-Index 47

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 65
Citations 9018
Avg. Citations / Paper 138.7
H-Index 33

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 26
Citations 1119
Avg. Citations / Paper 43
H-Index 11

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 0
Avg. Citations / Paper 0
H-Index 0

1995-1999

Period Stats
Papers 3
Citations 201
Avg. Citations / Paper 67
H-Index 2

1990-1994

Period Stats
Papers 1
Citations 0
Avg. Citations / Paper 0
H-Index 0

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

msb@cs.stanford.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Scale Visual Recognition Visual Recognition Challenge Imagenet Scale Visual Opportunities Risks Foundation Risks Foundation Models Visual Genome Connecting Genome Connecting Language Connecting Language Vision Language Vision Crowdsourced Vision Crowdsourced Dense